propinquitas
Latin
Etymology
From propinquus (“near; related”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proˈpin.kʷi.taːs/, [prɔˈpɪŋkʷɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈpin.kwi.tas/, [proˈpiŋkwit̪äs]
Noun
propinquitās f (genitive propinquitātis); third declension
- (in space or time) nearness, propinquity, proximity
- (figuratively, of persons) connection, affinity, kindred, relationship
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | propinquitās | propinquitātēs |
| Genitive | propinquitātis | propinquitātum |
| Dative | propinquitātī | propinquitātibus |
| Accusative | propinquitātem | propinquitātēs |
| Ablative | propinquitāte | propinquitātibus |
| Vocative | propinquitās | propinquitātēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: propinquity
- Italian: propinquità
- Portuguese: propinquidade
- Spanish: propincuidad
References
- “propinquitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “propinquitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- propinquitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- propinquitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.